Chapter 516: Delivery to the Door Changed to Self-Pickup?

「They both have ash on their hands? 」

「They both have ash on their hands! 」

Li Shang paced back and forth at the scene, then stopped before those two sets of footprints, lowering his head as the light of a Divine Detective's wisdom flickered in his eyes.

Case solved?!

Li Shang looked up again, addressing the few people at the gate, each word deliberate:

「Those two Zone Chiefs are lying. They didn't rush in to save the Prison Warden after hearing the explosion; they rushed in to find something. 」

Hou Wendong narrowed his eyes, thoughtful.

Feng Mu adjusted his glasses, his tone eerie and chilling, playing the straight man:

「What were they looking for? 」

Li Shang had already linked all the relevant clues in his Nao Hai—ash on their hands, near the sofa, the blast site, the missing bomb!

Without hesitation, he gave the answer:

「They were looking for fragments left by the bomb, destroying physical evidence. 」

Hou Wendong's expression shifted slightly, thinking to himself:

「What is a Divine Detective? This is a Divine Detective! Councilor Wang set a three-day deadline to solve the case, and Li Shang solved it in an instant? 」

Hou Wendong's face showed admiration as he asked:

「You mean they are the killers, and I can report the results directly to Councilor Wang now? 」

Li Shang wished he could close the case on the spot and lock these two up for conviction.

After all, he only had a three-day deadline; if he couldn't find other suspects afterward, then they would have to be the ones, whether they were or not.

But there was still time before the case-solving deadline.

Li Shang still wanted to make the chain of evidence more complete, so as to avoid leaks when Councilor Wang inquired later, preventing someone from maliciously overturning the case.

Li Shang's expression was calm and steady as he answered unhurriedly:

「Don't rush yet, wait for now. This is only my speculation at present, and there is no conclusive evidence.

Where are those two Zone Chiefs now? 」

The first half of the sentence was directed at Hou Wendong; the second half was asked while looking at Feng Mu.

At this moment, Hou Wendong's view of Li Shang quietly changed, and his inner evaluation of him rose sharply.

Previously, although Li Shang had saved his life, the process of saving him had been somewhat convoluted, which made Hou Wendong not fully approve of Li Shang as a person.

However, now he couldn't help but think to himself:

「I didn't expect this person to handle a case so rigorously.

No wonder last time he was able to precisely lock onto the killer based on those minute clues, and then find my location……」

Hou Wendong knew something of the "free-hearted evidence" case-solving atmosphere in the Patrol Bureau, but now it seemed Li Shang was not colluding with them; he actually insisted on evidence.

「He once had the grace of saving my life; from now on, perhaps I should act closer to Li Shang. 」

Hou Wendong's thoughts moved like lightning, and he had a plan in his heart.

Of course, this closeness was fundamentally worlds apart from his closeness to Ma Bin.

Feng Mu's expression was extremely gloomy, his glasses unable to hide the eerie chill.

He gestured with his hand, and Liu Yi, who was waiting outside the corridor for orders at any moment, quickly stepped forward.

Liu Yi answered decisively:

「Those two Zone Chiefs left the Second Prison together after the explosion occurred. 」

Feng Mu gave a cold laugh:

「Contact those two and ask them to return to the Second Prison to assist with the investigation. If they don't come back……」

A terrifying chill seemed to seep out from Feng Mu's bones, causing Hou Wendong, standing to the side, to involuntarily shiver.

「Find their location; I will go invite them personally! 」

「Yes! 」

Liu Yi hesitated not at all and departed upon receiving the order.

Hou Wendong was secretly alarmed: 「This person has such a strong killing intent. 」

Li Shang came to the corridor and pointed to the Camera above his head.

Feng Mu immediately understood, leading several people to the Monitoring Room to retrieve the surveillance footage from before and after the explosion.

The content of the footage corroborated the testimony provided by Li Bashan.

After the explosion, it indeed captured the two Zone Chiefs rushing into the Warden's Office; after a while, they left in a hurry, their expressions somewhat panicked.

Afterward, Gong Qi was seen coming to the corridor, carrying Wu Mingren out as he walked out.

Indeed, he never entered the office throughout, and afterward, he had people seal off the explosion scene, with no one allowed to enter or exit.

Li Bashan entered through the Chuang Hu, so the Camera naturally couldn't capture it.

「Pity, we can't see what these two did inside the house. 」

Chang Erbing spoke on Li Shang's behalf from the side, his tone quite regretful.

Li Shang gazed at the Screen with a calm look, the corner of his mouth slightly raised: 「It doesn't matter. 」

A glint flashed in his eyes, and unknowingly he activated the「Divine Detective」mode.

He froze the footage of the two Zone Chiefs leaving, simultaneously zooming in on their Cuff positions:

「Look closely; both of their palms are covered in dust, with small wounds from Glass Fragments.

This shows they indeed searched through things on the ground, and their actions were quite urgent. 」

Next, he zoomed the footage onto the upper-body clothing of the two, his tone icy, exuding an unquestionable certainty:

「Their clothes are also stained with black ash; various signs indicate that the bomb fragments were hidden inside their upper garments by the two of them, secretly carried out of the Prison. 」

This speculation was reasonable and well-founded, making Hou Wendong nod repeatedly.

Feng Mu remained silent at the side, manipulating the bone to emit even more "cold air."

To be honest, to be honest, Feng Mu knew perfectly well that these two Zone Chiefs had appeared in the Warden's Office.

His people had been watching the Monitoring Room all along, and he knew exactly when Qian Huan was in the office.

Otherwise, if he accidentally blew up the whole place, wouldn't that be a laughingstock

The Poker Bomb was linked to his consciousness and could be remotely detonated at any time, exploding in one second.

So, he deliberately chose to detonate it right after the two Zone Chiefs left the Warden's Office.

As for it happening to be today, during the live broadcast, there was an element of coincidence, but it wasn't entirely a coincidence.

Who made him Prison Warden Qian's confidant? He knew Prison Warden Qian's desire to consolidate control over the Second Prison before the press conference ended as clearly as if it were his own business.

When Qian Huan was planning these schemes, he certainly hadn't told Feng Mu every detail; there was no need for that!

A knife only needed to kill people; it didn't need to know the whole plan.

So, the person who helped Qian Huan design these schemes was Wang Cong, his own carefully chosen strategist.

Therefore, when Feng Mu watched the recording in the monitor, he immediately knew these two had returned to the explosion site to search for something.

"Hey, these two really went to great lengths, actually managing to clean everything up and hide the goods tightly in their clothes, not letting the cameras catch even a corner—wonderful, truly wonderful!"

Feng Mu was simply overjoyed in his heart.

Originally, he had prepared a door-to-door delivery service, secretly sending the evidence to their homes.

But who could have thought these two were so "considerate" that they took the "goods" home themselves?

This time, it really was a coincidence.

Feng Mu hadn't expected these two to be so bold and so quick-witted.

One could only say, as expected of people who could climb to the position of Zone Chief, they were no ordinary figures.

Additionally, Feng Mu silently gave a thumbs-up in his heart for Li Shang's displayed professional ability.

…….

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